DOMINION NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 2 May 1928, Page 4

DOMINION NEWS.

(By Telegraph—Per Press Association. SHORTAGE OF feed. WELLINGTON, April 30. Owing to tlie excessive dry spell during the summer and autumn feed for dairy cows has become scarce in the Wniukti district, South Auckland, farmers having to make inroads on their winter reserves. Ihe Government has decided, after investigation, to arrange for free railage in cases uhere farmers have found difficulty in financing their requirements.

DRIVER DID NOT STOP. * DUNEDIN, April 30. On Saturday night Miss Alary AUG ill was knocked down in Princes Street South hy a motorist who did not stop after the accident. The injured woman was picked up by neighbours and admitted to the hospital. The police have not yet discovered the driver of the car.

JOCKEY BADLY HURT. AUCKLAND. April 30. \ serious collision between a two sea ter motor-ear driven hv Leonard Malison, a jockey, aged twenty-six. ol Remuera. and a tramcar occurred lie'llr the Captain Cook Hotel in Khyber Pass Road at 8.30 last evening. Alanson received injuries to his head and was removed to hospital suffering from fairly serious concussion. The ear'was struck hy the front n! t.lie tram and turned completely round. As it proceeded on the tram again struck the car, throwing it across the roadway and on to the footpath, where it finally came to rest, almost within the doorway of the hotel. When the ear came to rest Munson was still seated at the wheel. Another iii:tu in i ] i*3 motor-car was iiot injui-

VISST TO CANADA. AIR DOWN IE STEWART’S PLANS. CAMBRIDGE, April 30. A visit to Canada is contemplated b\- Atr Downie Stewart. Alinister lor Customs, hut he told his Cambridge audience to-night that he would prola,lily not he able to go until next year. 11 is mission will he to endeavour to arrange a separate trade treaty between the two Dominions. New Zealand at present enjoys certain advantages hy virtue ol a treaty between Australia and Canada. “It is doubtful whether Australia considers the treaty is working out

altogether Ln tier advantage,” said AH- Downie Stewart, ‘‘particularly in view of the dumping duties imposed on her butter to Canada, It is therefore important that New Zealand should endeavour to negotiate her own trade treaty with Canada.”

KILLED BY FALLING TREE. TAUM Alt UNUI, April 30. John Alielielach. who was employed on contract bushfelling at Ongarue, was killed this morning by a falling totara- tree, which was blown down bv the wind. Deceased was sleighing posts at the time, and his mate, observing the danger when the, Dec fell, called out to him to jump aside. The warning came too late, Alielielach was struck by the tree and so severely injured that hi* died within half a hour. Deceased leaves a widow in delicate health and four children. all under the age of lourtceii.

CHARGE A (TV IN ST WARDER. INVERCARGILL, May 1. The publication of the report on Monday morning that the youth Flanagan who alter his escape from the Borstal Institution, was recaptured by three warders on Saturday, had been roughly handled, and had cried for mercy, continues to exert considerable feeling in Invercargill. A second eye-witness ol the arrest, which was a lew miles out ot town, states:—“l was within a hundred yards of the scene-of the arrest. The first thing that flic warders did was to search the prisoner. They took oil' his hat and his coat, and then they bit him from every quarter and I am quite certain that the three warders took part in the attack on the hoy.”

lie adds that the youth obeyed the call: “Drop that bag anil put up your hands!” and made no attempt to run away or to resist arrest.

This matter was mentioned by the .Mayor at the Borough Council mooting to-night. The Mayor stated that lie had received two letters, alleging ill-treatment of tlie prisoner who escaped last week. These letters together with other verbal complaints, alleged that tilings were not jusit as they should he. and that, if necsesary, tlie informants would he prepared to eome before a tribunal to give evidence.

The Superintendent of the Borstal states that a full inquiry will ho made.

I SOMETHING AMISS. INVERCARGILL, May 1

At a meeting of the Invercargill Borough Council to-night, the recent escapes from the Borstal Institute formed the subject of discussion. Air Tapley said that the whole district bail been under a reign of terror during the past few weeks, and Iron: the facts published, it appeared that there was some justification tor the leeling that existed.

The simplicity of the escapes teas line to laxity somewhere, said Mr Tapley. Under the present system, each gang was under the charge of one warder, and if a prisoner escaped, the warder had to march the gang hack to the institution, and make his report. In the meantime the prisoner had ample time to make his escape. He thought they should take action by putting the matter before the Minister of Justice, asking that, for greater safety, two warders ho placed in charge of each gang. The Mayor (Mr John Miller): “Are you putting yourself forward ns ;v*i expert in the matter of how many ward ers should he employed?” Mr T'aplev: “ No. I am simply pointing out the weakness of the present system, in the interests ol the. community.” After further discussion, it was decided to draw the attention of the Minister to the matter. hospital levy increase. AUCKLAND, May 1. Tn order to cope with increased maintenance costs, the Auckland Hospital Hoard to-day decided to increase its levy on the local authorities for the coming year to .30(1 in the £l. as against ,25d for the past year. This means that the authorities will pay £141.530 this year, compared with w7,f>l7 last year, an increase of £22,883.

“ if we keep to the old levy, we will end up the year with an overdraft of £40.000,” said the Chairman, Mr IV. Wallace. “T realise that there will be a great howl from the local bodies, but Tam prepared for that. Wo have to make ends meetr*’ Apart from maintenance costs the principal item of expenditure for the coming year is £-10.000 for the Tn foetious Diseases Block. MAN’S FATAL FALL. AUCKLAND. May 1.

A fatal accident occurred this morn ing at the new railway shops in course of erection at Otahuhu. Hugh M Smith, of One Tree Hill, being killed through falling from the roof of one